Once upon a time when I was a Facebook member I was de-friended. I may have been de-friended more than once, however, this one specific incident is the only one I was aware of. Is it really necessary to de-friend people? In truth, sometimes it is. Yet, other times, it's just completely ridiculous and honestly just flat out babyish. That's right I said babyish.
So, let me get to this de-friending incident. It was one of my best friend's ex-boyfriend. I can't tell you why I noticed or why I was even looking for him (hence one of the reasons I quit, I never knew what the hell I was doing on there), but he was gone from the search bar when I typed in his name. I wondered how this could be possible. Did he quit Facebook? It didn't seem that that would be the answer. I'm someone who needs answers, and this little predicament needed an answer, pronto.
In order to get the info I needed I clicked on another friends page and checked out her friends. When scrolling through her list of friends I spotted him. There he was, still her friend, but not mine. I couldn't help but ask myself why. I had been Facebook dumped by the ex-boyfriend of my best friend. Should I have cared? Probably not. I probably was never going to speak to this kid again, but it just bothered me. Who de-friends someone???
I get it, if you break up with a long-term boyfriend or girlfriend they don't exist in your universe anymore and that certainly includes Facebook. But, what about those who de-friend because you didn't invite them to your birthday party or you put them on some sort of privacy list? Hate to break it to ya, but if you weren't invited or if you were privated, you weren't friends anyway! Is this your way of proving your point? I'll show you, I'm going to de-friend you on Facebook! Ha, it's all a joke isn't it?
The boy who de-friended me ended up doing a "friend purge" and deleting 150 of his "friends." But, that didn't make me feel any better. The damage was done, and in the long run, did it really make a difference? We're still not friends, we probably never will be, and the truth is we really never were. Good riddance de-friender, and toodaloo Facebook.
